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Lisa Wright

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Assistant Editor, Radio 1 and 1Xtra Newsbeat at BBC

Assistant Editor @BBCNewsbeat Brummie. Views are my own.

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  • Viagra Boys at Brixton Academy review: high-functioning, anti-establishment chaos

    6 days ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Lisa Wright

    “There I was, smoking methamphetamine, and now here I am on this big stage with my stupid friends,” grinned Viagra Boys’ frontman Sebastian Murphy to a sold out Brixton Academy: the Swedish punk band’s largest UK headline show of their ten year career to date.

  • Why Kneecap should play Glastonbury: 'to deplatform them is dangerous'

    1 week ago | standard.co.uk | Lisa Wright

    CommentKneecap are at the centre of a media storm but - as the bands Sleaford Mods, SOFT PLAY and The Horrors tell us, if they are removed from the bill at Glastonbury, that will set a precedent for creative self-censorship Lisa Wright2 minutes agoGet our award-winning daily news email featuring exclusive stories, opinion and expert analysisI would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice.

  • Rock operas, ghosts and furries: are Car Seat Headrest the ultimate cult indie band?

    1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Lisa Wright

    Calling in from his spare room in Seattle, Will Toledo might be sat in front of an immediately recognisable lime green ‘Brat’ poster, but that’s where any notably modern reference points start and end for the Car Seat Headrest frontman. Bespectacled and sporting a thick woolen jumper, instead Toledo has spent the last 15 years steering his project from prolific lo-fi bedroom endeavour to one of America’s most beloved alternative groups in his own idiosyncratic way.

  • 'We had a choice: end the band or share the spotlight' – Black Country, New Road

    2 weeks ago | msn.com | Lisa Wright

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    3 weeks ago | msn.com | Lisa Wright

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Lisa Wright
Lisa Wright @LisaWright_
1 Dec 22

RT @R_Stonehouse: “Hi mom….it’s beautiful” the last video Levi Davis sent his mum - before he went missing in Barcelona almost 5 weeks ago.…

Lisa Wright
Lisa Wright @LisaWright_
9 Nov 22

RT @samtomharris: Looking to get into Journalism? Come on down to Brum next Tuesday - a bunch of us from @BBCNewsbeat and @bbcasiannetwork…

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Lisa Wright @LisaWright_
10 Oct 22

RT @PriaRai: Absolute honour to bring you something very special on @BBCNewsbeat tomorrow…